Bacon-slicer.



G. P. NAYER & A. J. PERKiNS.

BACON SLIGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1, 1909.

- v Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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BACON SLIGER. APPLIUATION FILED 1130.1; 1909.

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CARL 1. warns AND Atelier J. PERKINS, or cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS.

B-ACON-SLIGEB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented, Aug. 3t), 1910.

Application filed December 1, 1909. Serial No. 530,843.

Tooll wlwm it may concern:

CARL'F. 'NAYER and ALBERT J. PERKINS, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bacon- Slicers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates-to-improvements in slicers and has for its object the production of a. meat slicer especially adapted to the slicing of bacon and of simple construction and eificient in operation.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and-claimed.

Our invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 issajpp plan view of a meat slicer embodying our-invention, Fig. 2, a side elevation of 1, Fig. 3, an enlarged end elevation of the slieigtaudFig. 4, an elevation of a modified form of slicing blade.

The preferred form of construction vas illustrated in the drawings comprises a suitable table 1 upon which the bacon rests during the slicing thereof. At its forward end table 1 carries a guide rod 2 and a rack bar 3 mounted in suitable brackets 4 and 5.

Bracket .4 is pivoted to the edge of said table at 6 and bracket 5 is removably connected with said table by means of a set screw 7 as shown. By this construction it "will be seen that the guide rod and rack bar may be swung upwardly from table 1 so as to give access thereto for cleaning or other pur- A cross head 8 is vs lidably mounted -on guide rod 2 and rack bar 3 and is connected by means of a link 9 witha hand lever 10' by means of which said cross head may be reci 'rocated on said guide rod and rack bar. A sliaft 11 is 'rotatably mounted in cross head 8 and-carries a disk slicing blade 12 at its lower end. At its other end shaft 11 carries a spur gear 13 meshing with rack bar 3. By this construction it will be seen that upon reciprocation of cross head 8 the slicing blade 12 will be rotated in such manner that its lower edge will travel in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of cross head 8.

Cross head 8 carries a downwardly extending hanger 14 to. the lower edge of which is secured a knife 15. The knife 15 is provided with a beveled cutting edge 16 crossing the line of cut of blade 12 and said knife is positioned to travel slightly above the plane of the cuttin edge of disk 12 and the top or hearing 'sur ace of table 1. The forward end or nose 17 of knife 15 is turned upwardly as shown to facilitatethe'passage 0 said knife over the bacon rind. By this construction it will be seen that as blade 12 and knife.15 are drawn to the left in Fig. 3 the direction of travel of the cutting edge of blade 12 will be opposed to that of the knife each of which thus tends to counteract theefiect of the other thus relieving cutting pressure from the bacon. By extending the cutting edge of blade 12 slightly below that of knife 15 the efi'ect of blade 12 upon the bacon will-be to hold the rind flat against the top of table 1 without'severing it and thus facilitate the action of knife 15 in severing the slices from the bacon rind.

-A longitudinal guide 18 is secured to the side of table 1 to serve as a guide for a piece of bacon being fed to said blade and knife. v

A stop blade 19 is con cted by means of a cord 20 with lever 10 gill is secured to a shaft 21 rotatably mounted in suitable brackets 22 on the top of table l. Shaft- 21 carries a helical spring 23 arranged-to normally hold blade 19 in contact with the top of table 1 and in position to serve as astop for the end of a piece of bacon being fed to the knives-along'guide .18. The outer end of shaft 21 is threaded so as to permit of longitudinal adjustments of blade 19 and thus regulation of the thickness. of the slices severed by the knives; The front portion of table 1 is beveled as'at 25- to facilitate pas sage of bacon slices from the knife.

In Fig. 1 we have illustrated amodifiedform of disk blade 12' having a scalloped cutting edge as' shown and. which-may be.

used in place 'of blade 12. a

While we have illustrated and described] the preferredform'pf construction for car ryingI our invention -1nto efiect this is capable of variationand modification without deblade mounted to reciprocate .on said table;

insane for reciprocating said blade; means for rotating said blade; a knife mounted to reciprocate with said rotary blade and adapted to cut 0d a slice from the bacon rind; and means for regulating the thickness of the slices; substantially as described.

2 A device of the class described comprising a suitable table; a rotary slicing blade mounted to reciprocate on said table;

a rack bar; a gear carried by said blade and meshing with said rack bar; a knife mounted to reciprocate with said rotary blade and adapted to cut off a slice from the bacon rind; and means for regulating the thickness of the slices, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a suitable table; a guide rod and rack bar mounted transversely of said table; a cross head mounted to reciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotatably mounted in said cross head; a disk slicing blade mounted on said shaft; a gear :jon said shaft meshing with said rack bar; a knife carried by said cross head and having a cutting edge passing just above the bearing surface of said table and crossing the line of cut of said disk blade; and a lever connected to reciprocate said cross head, substantially as described.

t. A device of the class described comprising a suitable table; a guiderod and rack bar mounted transversely of said table; a cross head mounted to reciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotatably mounted in said cross head; a disk slicing blade mounted on said shaft; a gear on said shaft and meshing with sa1d rack bar 3 a knife carried by said cross head and having a turned-up nose and a cutting edge passing just above the bearing surface of said table and crossing the line of out of said disk blade; and a lever connected to reciprocate said cross head, substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described com-' prising a suitable table; a guide rod and rack barmounted transversely of said table; a cross head mounted to reciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotatably mounted in said cross-head; a disk slicing biade mounted tin said shaft 5 a gear on sai shaft and meshingwith said rack bar; a

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i lbngitudinal guidefor a -piece of bacon fed to said blade;'a stop for 's'aid piece of bacon adjustabl y mounted beyond said blade and pivoted to swing to and away from said operative position; and a lever connected to reciprocate said cross head and swing said stop to and away from operative position, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described .comprising a suitable table; a guide rod and rack bar mdunted transversely of said table; a cross head mounted to reciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotatably mounted in said cross head; a disk slicing blade mounted on said shaft; a gear on said shaft and meshing with said rack bar; a knife carried by said cross head and having acutting edge passing just above the bearing surface of said table and crossing the line of cut of said disk; a longitudinal guide for a piece of bacon fed to said blade; a stop' forsaid piece of bacon adjustably mounted beyond said ,blade and pivoted to swing to and away from said operative position; and

a lever connected to reciprocate said cross head and swing said stop to and away from operative position substantially as described. V

7. A device of the class described comprising a suitable table; a guide rod and rack bar mounted transversely of said table; a cross head mounted to reciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotat-ably mounted in said cross head; a disk slicing blade mounted on said shaft" a gear on said shaft and meshing with said rack bar a knife carried by said cross head and having a turned-up nose and a cutting edge passing just above the bearing surface of said table and crossing the line of cut of said disk blade; a longitudinal guide for a piece of bacon fed to said blade; a stop for said piece of bacon adjustably mounted beyond said blade and pivoted to swing to and away from said operative position and a lever con nected to reciprocate said cross head and swing said stop to and away from said op erative position substantially as described.

8. A device. of the class dmcribed comprising a suitable table; a guide rod and rack-bar mounted transversely of said table andpivoted at one end to swing upwardly from said table; a cross head mounted to re ciprocate on said guide rod and rack bar; a shaft rotatably mounted in said cross head; a disk slicing blade mounted on said'shaft; a gear on said shaft and meshingwith said rack bar; a knife carried by said cross head and having a turned-up nose and a cuttingedge passing just above the bearing surface of said'table and crossing the line of out of said disk blade" a longitudinal guide for a piece of bacon red to said a stop for said piece of bacon adjustably mounted benames to'this speeification in the pres fl ef yond said blade and pivoted to swing to and two subscribing witnesses.

away from said operative position 3 and a CARL F. NAYER. lever connected to reciprocate'said cross hezid ALBERT J. PERKINS.

5 and swing said stop -to and .iway from Op- 1 Witnesses:-

e'rative positidn, substantially as described. W. O. Smirrn,

In testimony whereof we have'signed our B; G. Rmmmqs. 

